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ronald reagan said he was against term limits when he left office, because he felt in america people should be allowed to pick the leaders they want. >> caller: i believe they should have the term limits because really -- and i'm speaking to you in my point i cannot speak for hispanics, but the majority of black people are looking at this, and never since the gop is going through -- would we help them. >> john: it's true. and this is what a lot of moderate republicans keep screaming about, that they are marginalizing themselves by doing this. and making their party smaller ever year. thank you for your call. >> caller: thank you. >> john: let's play a clip. >> i find someone even as high-ranking, frankly as former president bill clinton to go and be the negotiator. we need a person of enormous prestige and influence so have these parties sit down together. we're crumbling all over the middle east. >> john: that was john mccain talking about how much work is needed to regain credibility. >> boy. that will hurt your head if you think about that too long. >> john: somebody should tell h
ronald reagan said he was against term limits when he left office, because he felt in america people should be allowed to pick the leaders they want. >> caller: i believe they should have the term limits because really -- and i'm speaking to you in my point i cannot speak for hispanics, but the majority of black people are looking at this, and never since the gop is going through -- would we help them. >> john: it's true. and this is what a lot of moderate republicans keep screaming...
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ronald reagan wouldn't fit in with them. chris christie of course will be a part of that camp. >> immigration is going to be a real good test case. you'll see this divide between that brand of moderate republicans saying that immigration is an economic issue. that we need to bring in people with the skills that america needs to power the economy and on the other side, folks like steve king and michele bachmann who use those emotional appeals of they'll take your jobs, they're from another country and so on and so forth. how that plays out will be key to what the party becomes. >> john: you can't win the white house with less than 40% of the latino vote. the pragmatic republican response would be let's find a pathway to citizen. you have sean hannity saying this now. >> what a conversion. >> john: everyone in politics -- >> how convenient. >> john: in fairness, both sides historically have cared more about electability than ideology. >> true. but this is a party who when bush did it, when democrats tried to bring forward a dr
ronald reagan wouldn't fit in with them. chris christie of course will be a part of that camp. >> immigration is going to be a real good test case. you'll see this divide between that brand of moderate republicans saying that immigration is an economic issue. that we need to bring in people with the skills that america needs to power the economy and on the other side, folks like steve king and michele bachmann who use those emotional appeals of they'll take your jobs, they're from another...
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but ronald reagan was not against raising taxes. ronald reagan still, today the biggest tax increase in the history of the state of california where i lived and worked for 30 years. i know the history there, the biggest increase in the state of california, still governor ronald reagan and when he was president of the united states, he raised taxes, signed off on new taxes seven out of eight years that he was in the white house. as president obama said yesterday, they glorify ronald reagan, hell they wouldn't vote for him today. >> did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. >> couldn't get through a republican primary today. finally, as the president pointed out, this budget is not just paul ryan's budget. this budget has been approved not just by all of the house republicans who have voted for it again two years in a row. it has been embraced whole-heartedly by mitt romney. >> where are my potential opponents? governor romney said he hoped a similar version of this plan last year would be introduced
but ronald reagan was not against raising taxes. ronald reagan still, today the biggest tax increase in the history of the state of california where i lived and worked for 30 years. i know the history there, the biggest increase in the state of california, still governor ronald reagan and when he was president of the united states, he raised taxes, signed off on new taxes seven out of eight years that he was in the white house. as president obama said yesterday, they glorify ronald reagan, hell...
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state of california was signed into law by ronald reagan. when he was president, scenario out of eight years he was president, there were tax increases. right? getting rid of loopholes or whatever. he was a dr.inair conservative. he knew how to compromise. today, they don't. >> they do not want to compromise. all they want to do is make sure that barak obama is a one-term president. they don't care how they do it. they don't care who about who gets hurt. when you look at dismantling government and look at social security, for example, medicare, they want to privatize all of this. they want to privatize schools. they just want to dismantle any type of common good structure and framework that we have. >> i was going to ask you: do you know that these tea party freshmen believe in government at all? >> i don't think they do. i think they really, you know, believe in, you know what they believe in, and that is go for what you know. pull yourself up by your boot straps. it doesn't matter if there is a safety net. and i don't believe they believe
state of california was signed into law by ronald reagan. when he was president, scenario out of eight years he was president, there were tax increases. right? getting rid of loopholes or whatever. he was a dr.inair conservative. he knew how to compromise. today, they don't. >> they do not want to compromise. all they want to do is make sure that barak obama is a one-term president. they don't care how they do it. they don't care who about who gets hurt. when you look at dismantling...
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george herbert walker said ronald reagan's economics whyere voodoo he did not say he would be the worst possible republican to challenge jimmy carter. reagan put him on the ticket. it was fine. these fall into the category of irretrieve irretrievable. >> my final question, a tricky one. are you ready for this 1234. >> i am ready. >> would you pay $50 to have your photo taken with newt gingrich? >> no. >> the fact that he's charging people $50 kind of said something about his campaign? doesn't it. >> he said it would be a brand-new kind of campaign. i guess he meant it. >> broke. ridiculous. >> if i could get $50 to have someone stand next to me, you know, i give away pictures for free. >> don't hold your breath. >> exactly. >>> major garrett, "national journal." your twitter handle? >> major@nj it used to be major at wh. i could probably put it back now that i am back there but i will keep it at major@mj. >> wrap things up with a parting shot. ♪ >> this is the bill press show. with all the hundreds i've saved on car insurance this year this meter's on me. there's a catch? there's no c
george herbert walker said ronald reagan's economics whyere voodoo he did not say he would be the worst possible republican to challenge jimmy carter. reagan put him on the ticket. it was fine. these fall into the category of irretrieve irretrievable. >> my final question, a tricky one. are you ready for this 1234. >> i am ready. >> would you pay $50 to have your photo taken with newt gingrich? >> no. >> the fact that he's charging people $50 kind of said something...
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. >> ronald reagan president reagan used to have a great line ballpark it was -- he had a diaper routine that had to do with baseball diamonds, you know first base and then third base. >> yeah. >> it was great. i should look that up. i remember hearing him tell that story once, that joke once. >> it was not a cloth diaper. >> those are too easy, the snap-on diapers. >> yeah. all right. hey, we havegot so much. by the way, they are finally admitting it. it took them four years. they are finally, admitting it, that sarah palin was a colossal dumb-assmist. i love it. it took dick cheney who is nothing right now. he is sake whatever the hell he wants darth vader. >> talking with jonathan carl, and he said, let's just stop kidding ourselves. >> she is an attractive candidate, but based on on her background she had only been a governor for two years. i don't think she passed that test of being ready to take over. and i think that was a mistake. >> i think that was a mistake, he said. yeah. it was, and it took years to tell them. it might have turned out differently without her. >> dave zirin w
. >> ronald reagan president reagan used to have a great line ballpark it was -- he had a diaper routine that had to do with baseball diamonds, you know first base and then third base. >> yeah. >> it was great. i should look that up. i remember hearing him tell that story once, that joke once. >> it was not a cloth diaper. >> those are too easy, the snap-on diapers. >> yeah. all right. hey, we havegot so much. by the way, they are finally admitting it. it...
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i do think misspelling reagan, if every single person does not know how to spell ronald reagan, that's really bad. >> they should know how to spell it backwards while drunk. that's something you should know. reagan, you should know. >> bill: somebody should be checking their web site before they hit send. >> in this era i'm hesitant to make fun of spelling because i myself am a terrible speller. >> bill: how do you spell reagan? >> that i know. r-e-a. i lived through it. that's part of the reason why i want to get active is to not go through a presidency like that. also, i'm thinking about reagan today because reagan is the reason why we lost wisconsin, right? it was reagan who really put in the policies to -- i don't want to say undo -- to hurt unions in a significant way. >> bill: starting are the air-traffic controllers, of course. the legacy -- scott walker continuing the legacy. he probably -- scott walker can spell it too. let's say hello to henry up in new york city. what do you say? >> caller: hi. i thought about wisconsin. >> bill: yes. >> caller: if you looked at the cnn exit
i do think misspelling reagan, if every single person does not know how to spell ronald reagan, that's really bad. >> they should know how to spell it backwards while drunk. that's something you should know. reagan, you should know. >> bill: somebody should be checking their web site before they hit send. >> in this era i'm hesitant to make fun of spelling because i myself am a terrible speller. >> bill: how do you spell reagan? >> that i know. r-e-a. i lived...
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ralph burns wants us to know i remember when ronald reagan was governor of california. his mantra was that people should pay taxes until it hurts. and then an enterprising undergraduate student from u.c. berkeley did some research and discovered that he paid no taxes at all! one year. yes and don't you think that's exactly the case with mitt romney? of course, we'll never know until he releases his tax returns. and he still hasn't released them all of course. the "full court press." stay with us. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody! and welcome to the "full court press" this tuesday september 25. good to see you today. on current tv. and welcome to our morning town hall where we tackle the big issues of the day and talk about them. give us a call at 1-866-55-press. and here's one thing i ask you to do please if you haven't yet seen it. watch the rerun and the replay of that final touchdown pass in last night's game between the seahawks and the packers. the scab refs clearly made the wrong call. the seahawks
ralph burns wants us to know i remember when ronald reagan was governor of california. his mantra was that people should pay taxes until it hurts. and then an enterprising undergraduate student from u.c. berkeley did some research and discovered that he paid no taxes at all! one year. yes and don't you think that's exactly the case with mitt romney? of course, we'll never know until he releases his tax returns. and he still hasn't released them all of course. the "full court press."...
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that's the same rate that was signed into law by ronald reagan in 1986. we it had it through the '90s. that would basically ensure people like mitt romney are not able to pay extraordinarily low rates on their income. >> bill: we have to remember that this is classically called unearned income. money that they really don't work for. that's another failure of the tax code to me is that people that really bust their butts and work up a sweat and have to take a shower when they get home from work, they pay a higher rate on that income, a much higher rate on income than people who just sit home and clip their coupons. >> that's absolutely right. there are a whole bunch of other loopholes that mitt romney is taking advantage of including stashing money in his i.r.a. and all sorts of things we would crack down on and address those issues of fairness. that really is a problem when you're filling out your taxes. you're thinking how come i'm doing this. i'm sure there's rich guy out there getting away with something. the fact is, there are. >> bill: it is the big
that's the same rate that was signed into law by ronald reagan in 1986. we it had it through the '90s. that would basically ensure people like mitt romney are not able to pay extraordinarily low rates on their income. >> bill: we have to remember that this is classically called unearned income. money that they really don't work for. that's another failure of the tax code to me is that people that really bust their butts and work up a sweat and have to take a shower when they get home from...
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by some very serious people, richard burt ronald reagan's former strategic negotiator. chuck hagel is also on that panel. former republican senator from nebraska. they're saying look, we now have almost 5,000 nuclear weapons for what? what would we use five for? let's have a realistic arsenal that can serve our deterrent needs but at a reasonable cost. by cutting it down to 900 weapons, half of which would be deployed. deploy about 450 keep the rest in reserve, you could save right away about $100 billion over the next ten years. it is effective, it is safe. it makes sense. i hope the president listens to him. we expect the president to be making a decision on cutting the nuclear force sometime in the next few weeks. my guess is sometime in june he's going to announce his decision based on a study that's been on-going for the last year. we'll see if he listens to this panel. >> bill: is there any deadline for him? >> he wants to start a new round of negotiations with the russians. you want them to reduce theirs. there's cost involved. it costs us about $54 billion a yea
by some very serious people, richard burt ronald reagan's former strategic negotiator. chuck hagel is also on that panel. former republican senator from nebraska. they're saying look, we now have almost 5,000 nuclear weapons for what? what would we use five for? let's have a realistic arsenal that can serve our deterrent needs but at a reasonable cost. by cutting it down to 900 weapons, half of which would be deployed. deploy about 450 keep the rest in reserve, you could save right away about...
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particularly when you have the federal government and the president, every president since ronald reagan has signed on to the war on drugs to my dismay. even barack obama is a former user. >> not just one product. >> bill: he of anybody would understand. >> how do we start? first of all we've already started. the trend is shifting. it has been shifting for quite some time now. so with colorado and washington states with marijuana we've already started. absolutely. but let's go back to 1933 when we ended alcohol prohibition. i don't think you had a whole lot of people sitting around saying how do we start? how do we end alcohol prohibition. you know what they did? they ended it. you know what? and then they managed it from there. what happened when they did it, immediately, al capone went out of business. he was no longer, you know, traveling where -- his cronies traveling the streets of chicago shooting up the place and you know, it was moms, mothers that really band together and said let's save our children. let's free our children from this bootleg industry. and become a part of it. an
particularly when you have the federal government and the president, every president since ronald reagan has signed on to the war on drugs to my dismay. even barack obama is a former user. >> not just one product. >> bill: he of anybody would understand. >> how do we start? first of all we've already started. the trend is shifting. it has been shifting for quite some time now. so with colorado and washington states with marijuana we've already started. absolutely. but let's go...
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. >> he wrapped himself in a mantle of ronald reagan. meanwhile, mitt romney got a couple of big endorsements yesterday. first, he got the endorsement of marco rubio from florida. man, i have to tell you, this guy is running so heart for vice president it's obscene. you know you don'trun run for vice president. you just sort of, you have to be kind of cute. right? you know you don't throw yourself in front of them. you just sort of, you know do a good job and let people let others talk about you. rubio is just hungry for the job. >> and also, wasn't the florida primary several weeks ago now? i mean if he really wanted to show his convictions. >> then? yeah. no. he ishas just endorsed mit rom ney yesterday. he has a new book coming out. i mean come on okay. and the bigger endorsement maybe was from president bush president bush. former -- they are both former but pappy bush, the good one of the bush presidents, relatively speed speeding number 41 endorsing mitt romney yesterday. >> i do think it's time for the party to get behind governor
. >> he wrapped himself in a mantle of ronald reagan. meanwhile, mitt romney got a couple of big endorsements yesterday. first, he got the endorsement of marco rubio from florida. man, i have to tell you, this guy is running so heart for vice president it's obscene. you know you don'trun run for vice president. you just sort of, you have to be kind of cute. right? you know you don't throw yourself in front of them. you just sort of, you know do a good job and let people let others talk...